Supporters Hope This Time Is More Successful

Consider more than just cost benefits, and ask for input from
all sides, before further consolidating the nation's air traffic
facilities. That's the message to the Federal Aviation
Administration behind H.R. 2443, the Federal Aviation
Administration Facility Consolidation Moratorium Act of 2007.

Phillipine Carrier Also Has Options For Eight More Planes

Philippine-based low-fare carrier Cebu Pacific and ATR announced
Thursday the signing of a contract for the purchase of six ATR
72-500 turboprops, plus options for eight additional aircraft. The
contract is valued at more than US $250 million.

Returns To Texas Launch Site

They did it! Wednesday afternoon, just after 1300 CDT, pilots
Jennifer Murray and Colin Bodill returned to their Fort Worth, TX
launch location, complete with another world record to add to their
list of aviation accomplishments. The pair successfully completed
their flight around the world, pole to pole, in a Bell 407.

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Includes Two Additional A380s, 18 B777s

Air France-KLM Group CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta announced Thursday
the airline plans to order a combination of Airbus and Boeing
planes, in a $7 billion order aimed at upgrading older planes in
the Air France fleet.

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Receives Full Military Honors

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds pilot who died in an airplane
crash during an air show practice last week at Montana's Malmstrom
Air Force Base returned home to the 15 Wing Moose Jaw by Canadian
CC-130 Hercules May 22.

Ratification Vote Scheduled For June 28

It took more than a day of deliberations, but the National
Pilots Association's six-pilot Board of Directors voted Wednesday
to endorse the tentative agreement reached over the
weekend by its negotiating committee and AirTran
Airways. The tentative agreement will now be sent to AirTran's more
than 1,500 pilots for a ratification vote.

Also Earns Order From Frontier Airlines Subsidiary

One More Unmanned Aerial Vehicle In NAS

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation told ANN this week the
company recently received an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate
(EAC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), allowing its
GoldenEye 50 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to fly in the National
Airspace System (NAS).

RADARSAT-2 Due For Launch Later This Year

ANN has learned that earlier this year, Canada's National
Research Council Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC Aerospace)
has successfully completed an acoustic qualification test on
RADARSAT-2, a new remote-sensing satellite built by MacDonald
Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) under contract to the Canadian
Space Agency (CSA).

Teenage Flier, Airline Pilot, "Weather Flying"
Author Was 93

It is with sadness Aero-News recently learned Robert N. Buck,
93, died April 14 in a Berlin, VT hospital of complications from a
fall. The former Trans World Airlines pilot and aviation author set
flying records as a teenager in the 1930s and flew severe-weather
research missions during World War II.

25 Discovered In Six Months

The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense confirms there were 25
fuel leaks in its MR-2 Nimrod reconnaissance aircraft fleet
discovered between October 2006 and March 2007. A fuel leak was
thought to be responsible for a Nimrod crash in which 14 servicemen
perished last year, according to the BBC.

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Prosecutor Expresses Regret To Victim's Family

Twenty-five years after his girlfriend died in a plane crash in
a Montana lake, Jerry Ambrozuk was sentenced Monday to a 10-year
suspended sentence after pleading guilty to criminal mischief and
criminal endangerment in connection with the death of Dianne
Babcock.

Doing A Good Job May Lead To Unemployment

The Hawkins County (TN) Sheriffs Department may have done too
good of a job. Money realized from drug-related property seizure
counts for a large portion of the department's annual budget... but
with those numbers on the decline, the sheriff is facing some tough
decisions.

May Have Suffered Stroke

A pilot from New York is thought to have suffered a stroke
before losing control of his 1968 Dever Stits Playmate SA11A and
striking a parked truck just after touching down Tuesday at Joseph
A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (VVS) in Connellsville, PA.

Microwaved Curry Goes "Boom"

25-Plane Deal Includes Seven Mustangs

Cessna Aircraft Company announced Wednesday at the European
Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) that Austrian
charter operation JetAlliance has placed an order for 25 Citation
business jets valued at $280 million.

Deliveries Scheduled To Begin In Early 2009

CMC Electronics Inc. tells ANN the company recently signed a
contract with Lufthansa and Lufthansa Technik to supply its latest
generation flight management system (FMS) known as the CMA-9000 for
the retrofit of its fleet of 14 A300-600 aircraft.

Aero-Terms!

"Bob Buck was indeed captain to a whole generation of
pilots. His "Weather Flying" began as a giveaway brochure for an
aviation insurance company and grew into the best commentary we
have on flying and weather. His thoughtful proposal to the novice
on how to tackle easy weather situations first still provides the
best way to assess the difficulty of any IFR flight. We who have
known him have been honored and will miss his sage
advice."

Source: Dr. Ian Blair Fries, speaking of pilot
and aviation author Robert N. Buck. A former Trans World Airlines
pilot, Buck set flying records as a teenager in the 1930s, and flew
severe-weather research missions during World War II -- lessons
from which he would later incorporate into "Weather Flying," a book